Politics in China

An Introduction
Herausgeber: Joseph, William A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an authoritative introduction to how the world's most populous nation and rapidly rising global power is governed today. Written by leading China scholars, the book's chapters offers accessible overviews of major periods in China's modern political history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, key topics in contemporary Chinese politics, and developments in four important areas located on China's geographic periphery: Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 578
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1072g
• ISBN-13: 9780199339426
• ISBN-10: 0199339422
• Artikelnr.: 40137815

Autorenporträt

William A. Joseph is Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
1 Studying Chinese Politics (William A. Joseph)
PART I: POLITICAL HISTORY
2 From Empire to People's Republic (R. Keith Schoppa)
3 Mao Zedong in Power (1949 - 1976) (Frederick C. Teiwes)
4 Deng Xiaoping and His Successors (1976 - the present) (Bruce Gilley)
PART II: IDEOLOGY, GOVERNANCE, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
5 Ideology and Chinese Politics (William A. Joseph)
6 China's Communist Party-State: The Structure of Power (Cheng Li)
7 China's Political Economy (David Zweig)
PART III: POLITICS AND POLICY IN ACTION
8 Rural China: Reform and Resistance (John James Kennedy)
9 Urban China: Change and Contention (William Hurst)
10 Policy Case Studies:
a. The Arts (Richard C. Kraus)
b. The Environment (Katherine Morton)
c. Public Health (Joan Kaufman)
d. Population (Tyrene White)
PART IV: POLITICS ON CHINA'S PERIPHERY
11 Politics on China's Periphery:
a. Tibet (Robert Barnett)
b. Hong Kong (Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo)
c. Taiwan (Shelley Rigger)
d. Xinjiang (Gardner Bovingdon)
Timeline of Modern Chinese Political History
Glossary
About the Contributors
Index